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24.01.2022 For all involved in educating our young people. You might like to join this FREE online Mindful Education Event, beginning on October 16th.

24.01.2022 Be part of something massive..... Think of meditation as any way in which we engage in (1) systematically regulating our attention and energy (2) thereby influencing and possibly transforming the quality of our experience ... (3) in the service of realizing the full range of our humanity and of (4) our relationships to others and the world. Jon Kabat-Zin Hello everyone, Thanks in advance for hearing my tender hearted plea. (Nique Murch here - an MBSR teacher in Melbourne.) There is a global call to action on Sept 20 that will see school children, young people, their friends and relations striking for climate action. They are asking for us to stand in solidarity, by taking time off work, standing side by side on behalf of the planets future. Ill be there. As a meditator, this is a call that I cannot ignore. Why? This is way beyond the particulars of politics, beyond my comfort zone on the cushion. It is a call to stand for what I value most: this mystery of being alive and interdependent in the more than human world. If I dont stand up now, then what was all this mindfulness practice for? If I cant take intentional action in all its awkwardness and imperfection not because of some outcome but for its own sake.then when will be a better time? All our practice brings home the preciousness of presence in the moment, so I must take bumbling steps to show my belonging to the planet my longing for others also to see this astonishing life through, with justice and integrity. If I dont get out on the street with millions of others around the world, and on behalf of all species, water, air and earth, I will look back with muted horror at my own cowardice at this crucial time in history. This is a poignant invitation for symbolic and real action where we can draw strength from each other, countering discourses of fear and economics. As a human I have the right and need to exercise my moral imagination, by putting on my shoes, humbly painting a banner (possibly missspelt), and linking arms with others. So please join in on 20 September three days out from the UNs Emergency Climate Summit. See you there! http://www.ecoshout.org.au//global-strike-for-climate-aust Nique and the Openground team

22.01.2022 The Melbourne School of Psychological Science Presents a Discussion Panel and Live Q&A about My Year of Living Mindfully on Thursday 4th June from 7:00 - 8:30 pm (AEST). Join Nicholas Van Dam,PhD., Timothea Goddard, Neil Bailey, Ph.D. and Patrick Kearney for an evening of discussion about mindfulness, meditation, mental health and neuroscience. https://bit.ly/2XoeiiU

21.01.2022 Todays Free Online Talk begins at 7.30pm AEST. Join Libba Granger to explore how people often turn to mindfulness practice to help them manage themselves in some way, whether it be a particular physical condition theyre grappling with, or mental and emotional states and/or simply to find more ease and peace in their lives. And yet along the way, up come the very states and conditions were struggling with, which we somehow want to hop over or get rid of, so we can find more ease and peace. In this session well explore how to use this precise moment of practice as an intentional moment of awareness and choice whether we choose to get to know this state more intimately and how to be with it with less reactivity, or how to find more ground and stability in this moment. To connect for the talk: https://zoom.us/j/995162240

21.01.2022 Each time you meditate, we invite you to dedicate a portion of your practice to open your heart and mind to the unfolding environmental crisis. Individually and collectively we have the power to choose how we respond.

19.01.2022 Learn how to become as wise and strong, happy and loving, as any person can ever be, with this 2-day virtual retreat from Dr. Rick Hanson. Focusing on topics from his new book Neurodharma, you'll learn how to embody the seven steps of awakening so you can have unshakable presence of mind, a courageous heart, and serenity in a changing world.

18.01.2022 Discounted MBSR for Mental Health Week. An invitation from Timothea Goddard - Director of Openground Mindfulness Training. Mental health and how to generate it - is not just a personal problem as it is often characterised, but is deeply effected by cultural, social and economic forces. Anxiety and depression thrive in workplaces and communities where there is high stress, lack of personal power, a culture of never-ending competition, isolation and where ones contributio...n is reduced to a transaction. So how can mindfulness help in this broader context where we can feel disempowered and alone? How can we begin to feel a sense of empowerment to begin to occupy ourselves a little more? And to take charge in all the small and big ways that are needed? Send me an email at [email protected] so we can arrange a time to talk about your situation and what might help. I love this short piece by Jon Kabat-Zinn called Listening is an act of love. Have a watch and listen to get a sense of what the MSBR course is about and how it can help. I would be delighted to speak to you on the phone about your situation and what might help, including a discount if needed. With care Timothea Goddard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfnf708ukZI #mentalhealth #worldmentalhealthday #mentalhealthweek #mbsr #mindfulness

17.01.2022 To view the online premiere of My Year of Living Mindfully, click here: https://www.myyearoflivingmindfully.com/opengroundpremiere

16.01.2022 The more we sit in meditation, the more fully we open to whats really going on in the whole of our lives.

14.01.2022 This is a wonderful article about how mindfulness contributes to the bigger picture, including social change, and hopefully political change too. http://bit.ly/2RqVDyY

14.01.2022 My Year Of Living Mindfully - Trailer (Feature documentary) From the makers of The Connection comes a new feature documentary about mindfulness and mental health, called My Year of Living Mindfully. Openground is thrilled to be one of the community hosts to make this much needed documentary on our growing mental health crisis widely available. We will be sending out the link to register to watch the film. Coming soon May 27 - June 03 ... In the midst of a growing mental illness epidemic, investigative health journalist Shannon Harvey enlists a team of scientists to put meditation to the test. But after a 30,000 kilometre journey around the world from the bright lights of Manhattan to the dusty refugee camps of the Middle East, what begins as a year-long self-experiment transforms into a life-changing experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1heyJFSgl5I

13.01.2022 Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an evidence-based, user-friendly program that brings the principles of mindfulness meditation into everyday life by teaching specific skills and practices to help break cycles of anxiety, stress, unhappiness and exhaustion. Undertaking this in-depth training to develop a steady mindfulness practice will offer you a precious capacity for the rest of your life. Our next round of 8 week MBSR courses will be starting soon. Distance cou...rses and face to face in some locations. https://www.openground.com.au//mindfulness-based-stress-r/ See more

13.01.2022 Learn from Jon Kabat-Zinn about "Why Mindfulness Mattersand Why It Might Matter to You!" An offering from Jons incredible deep wisdom and incredible open-heartedness. #mbsr #mindfulness #meditation #jonkabatzinn

10.01.2022 Mindfulness can build skills in getting to know your own mind and reducing your emotional reactivity. It can also help balance the nervous system by facilitating rest and relaxation. More broadly, it develops our capacity to really see our predicament clearly and cultivate wisdom and compassion. Come along to one of our Emergency Mindfulness Skills workshops this Saturday and Monday and find out what it can be for you. https://www.openground.com.au//emergency-mindfulness-skil/

08.01.2022 The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course is not just about learning how to meditate, its about learning how to be in relationship with the whole of your life.

08.01.2022 Join in for our next FREE online talk and practice. This Sunday the 22nd of September. 7.30pm AEST. Find out more at: https://www.openground.com.au//monthly-online-talk-practi/... Join in at: https://zoom.us/j/995162240

07.01.2022 This mental health week, we are all reminded of the importance of taking care of our mental health. What will you do this week to take care of your own mental well-being? You might like to download our FREE Mindfulness App or check in to see if attending one of our Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction courses might be right for you.... We have new courses commencing across the country. Since 2004 we have been supporting people to live with more peace, ease and well-being. Our classes offer a safe non-judgmental environment, where people come to learn new ways of being in relationship to themselves and their whole lives. If you or someone you know could benefit from learning more about mindfulness, please be in touch. May you live with ease and well-being. With care The Openground Team #mentalhealthweek #worldmentalhealthday #mentalhealth #mindfulness #meditation

06.01.2022 LAST CHANCE TO JOIN MINDFUL IN MAY AND LEARN MINDFULNESS WITH THE WORLDS BEST EXPERTS Mindful in May, the worlds largest online mindfulness fundraising campaign, is starting May 1. Join thousands around the world who are getting ready to train their brains towards greater wellbeing, productivity and resilience while ALSO transforming the lives of those in need of clean, safe drinking water through fundraising for the cause. Register now before the doors close. http://mindlifeproject.ontraport.com/t?orid=114801&opid=28

06.01.2022 A webinar from Melbourne Uni: Exploring mindfulness practice and programs - the rationale, method and science. This discussion explores the intersection of practice, dharma, psychology, ethics and science in the current landscape of mindfulness practice. Hear from Timothea Goddard (Director of Openground and MTI), Patrick Kearney (independent dharma teacher), Dr Nicholas Van Dam (Ass Professor, Melbourne University), and Dr Neil Bailey (researcher, Melbourne University) who were all involved in Shannon Harveys film, My Year of Living Mindfully. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUbkl2NWsPg

05.01.2022 This World Mental Health Day offer the gift of your full presence to another. #worldmentalhealthday #mentalhealth #mentalwellbeing #mindfullistening

03.01.2022 As you step into the busyness of the work week, remember to take time to be with the precious moments of your day, even the challenging ones. In doing so you may uncover something magical.

03.01.2022 We have just had the 2020 National Reconciliation Week in Australia which had the theme of In this together. And over the last two weeks the US has erupted with protests against the systematic oppression, and ongoing police brutality and murder of black people. We are witnessing the results of centuries of unresolved systemic racial violence. Protests have been taken up all over the world, including here, and it has been inspiring to see the care and attention with which in...dividuals on the whole have participated in ways that stay accountable to our responsibilities within a global pandemic. Lets pay attention and not go into autopilot. I invite you to sit with the uncomfortable feelings of anger, grief, powerlessness, guilt. If we do not bear them, we will surely transmit them. And lest we become hopeless, or cynical about the possibilities for transformation, lets reflect and act, together, here, now. As part of our practice, I believe we need to inquire into structures of oppression and how to attend to them inside and out, to lead to more freedom for all. https://www.openground.com.au/mindfulne/black-lives-matter/

03.01.2022 Openground proudly presents the online premiere of the award winning documentary My Year of Living Mindfully, streaming free from Wednesday 27 May till Wednesday 3 June. Followed by an exclusive Q&A with Shannon Harvey (Journalist and Director of MYOLM), Timothea Goddard (Director of Openground) and Pamela Lovell (Associate of Openground and Moderator of Q&A). Last year, Shannon and Jules Harvey asked Timothea Goddard to participate in a film, teaching an MBSR course which... was filmed over the eight weeks. The finished film - My Year of Living Mindfully - shows Shannon engaging in a year-long experiment in mindfulness meditation. She started out - as many people do - using some mindfulness apps, and then embarked on the MBSR course with Openground, followed by a nine day retreat. This movie explores the science, the applications more broadly, and her experience of transformation beautifully. https://www.myyearoflivingmindfully.com/opengroundpremiere See more

02.01.2022 Weve added a new page to our site featuring some of the most important climate news and inspiration compiled by the team at Climate for Change. https://www.openground.com.au/mindfulne/climate-for-change/

02.01.2022 Last chance to watch the free online movie premiere of My Year of Living Mindfully https://www.myyearoflivingmindfully.com/opengroundpremiere

02.01.2022 If you are planning to learn mindfulness in the near future, then do it today! We have 10 double passes to THE PORTAL to give away to the first registrations for our Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction courses, that come through in the next day. To book: https://bit.ly/2IqrChg THE PORTAL will be screening in these locations: Dendy Newtown NSW, Cinema NOVA VIC, Dendy Coorparoo QLD, Wallis Cinema SA, Dendy Canberra ACT, Luna Leederville WA, Luna on SX WA.... To claim your tickets, after you have registered for an MBSR course, email [email protected] and include your address to receive your double pass. In the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program you will be guided by a group of wonderful teachers, who specialise in making the training safe, personal, inspiring and immediately relevant to your life. And who knows what will happen? Come and be surprised! With care, The Openground team #mindfulness #mbsr #theportal #worldmentalhealthday